“That’s the wrong bloody TARDIS mate!”
by Martin Belam, February 1, 2017 Always good to be reminded how niche your specialist knowledge is. On Wednesday morning in the Guardian we had a spread looking at who might be the next Doctor Who, illustrated with a picture of the TARDIS.
But not Peter Capaldi’s TARDIS. Look at the windows and the sign.
Who knows what this version is – but it’s certainly not a picture of any prop I recognise having been used in the show recently.
So now I know how it feels when we cover an air crash with a stock picture of a plane from the airline involved, only to receive a barrage of letters from enthusiasts explaining that the model of plane we’ve used isn’t actually the type that flies that route, so this article needs a correction ?
by Martin Belam, February 1, 2017 I do live blogging, news stories and quizzes at the Guardian, and help cover Eurovision and Doctor Who for them too. As a journalist and designer I’ve spent over twenty years building digital products for the likes of Sony, the Guardian, the BBC, the Natural History Museum, Arts Council England and Reach (formerly Trinity Mirror). You can contact me at martin.belam@theguardian.com. Sign up to get my blog posts sent to you via email.